Senior Software Engineer - Platform & AI

Alida; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company in Vancouver is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop AI-powered features and scalable cloud applications. The role requires 5+ years of experience, expertise in NodeJS and React, and offers a competitive salary between $110,000-$120,000 CAD. Enjoy a hybrid work model along with growth opportunities and unlimited vacation policy.

Benefits

Competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, RRSP matching

Unlimited vacation policy

Summer Fridays during July and August

Growth and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development.
• Ability to identify key issues and deliverables, then build plans to achieve long-term goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality, scalable code for cloud-based software solutions.
• Contribute to architecture for platform-wide dataflows and services.
• Coach and mentor junior staff to help them grow their careers and skills.

Skills

NodeJS/Typescript

React

Relational DB development

AWS services

Kubernetes

Terraform

Microservice architecture

Application health monitoring tools

.NET

.NET Core

Education

BSc in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Platform & AI

We're searching for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and drive the development of our cutting-edge customer intelligence products.

In this role, you'll collaborate closely with the Engineering Director, software architects, and fellow engineers to design and develop new AI-powered features, build a platform-wide agentic AI service, modernize, and re-architect existing services to meet increasing demand and accelerate feature development for our market-leading cloud product.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Alida, you'll make a significant impact by building products used by top global brands and millions of users worldwide. This is a unique opportunity within our award-winning Product & Engineering team to craft cutting-edge, global-reaching SaaS products in a high-growth environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality, scalable code for cloud-based software solutions.
• Bring your ideas and expertise to our evolving agile development process.
• Build new UI workflows, RESTful APIs, and scalable, robust cloud-based applications.
• Contribute to architecture for platform-wide dataflows and services.
• Maintain high standards of security, reliability, scalability, performance, and quality in all projects.
• Help shape our technical roadmap as we scale services and build new products.
• Coach and mentor junior staff to help them grow their careers and skills.

What You’ll Bring:

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development.
• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Extensive experience with NodeJS/Typescript, React, Relational DB development and design.
• Experience in AWS services, Kubernetes, Terraform, Microservice architecture, and application health monitoring tools.
• Experience with .NET and .NET Core technologies.
• Ability to identify key issues and deliverables, then build plans to achieve long-term goals.
• A passion for designing and building high-performance, scalable products and platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Considered a Plus:

• Experience in agile SaaS or technology companies.
• Experience building features using GenAI.
• Experience with event-driven architecture design and implementation.

The typical salary range for this role is $110,000-120,000 CAD. This varies based on experience and skills.

This role is based in our Vancouver office with a hybrid work model.

The Good Stuff:

• Growth and learning opportunities in a fast-growing SaaS company.
• Competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, RRSP matching, 401K, and more.
• Unlimited vacation policy.
• Summer Fridays during July and August.
• Awarded as one of the Best Workplaces in British Columbia 2024.

About Alida:

Alida helps brands create engaged research communities to gather customer feedback that drives better experiences and innovations. Leading companies like HBO Max, Adobe, Warner Bros. Discovery, Twitch, and lululemon rely on our platform.

Learn more at www.alida.com.

Our Commitment:

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Application Questions:

• Referrer’s name:
• LinkedIn Profile URL:
• Desired salary:
• Experience with NodeJS/Typescript and React:
• Experience with .NET or Java:
• Experience with AI agentic frameworks:
• Legal work entitlement: